Western Australia has been bowled out for 53, the second-lowest team total in domestic one-day cup history, after a nightmare collapse of 8-1 during Friday’s match against Tasmania at the WACA.
The reigning champions were 2-52 in the 16th over before 28 deliveries of utter carnage unfolded, with Tasmanian seamers Beau Webster and Billy Stanlake ripping through the lower order. According to cricket statistician Ric Finlay, it was the worst eight-wicket collapse in Australian one-day domestic cricket history.
Six of the Western Australian players were dismissed for a duck, including Australian representatives Hilton Cartwright, Cooper Connolly, Ashton Turner, Ashton Agar, Jhye Richardson and Joel Paris, while wicketkeeper Josh Inglis was removed for 1.
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The lone run during the eight-wicket collapse came from a wide.
West Australian opener D’Arcy Short top-scored for the hosts with 22, while Test hopeful Cameron Bancroft was the only other player that reached double figures.
Webster finished with career-best figures of 6-17 from six overs, while Stanlake claimed 3-12 from 7.1 overs.
It was comfortably Western Australia’s lowest one-day cup total, bettering the 59 all out achieved against Victoria at the MCG in 1969. Only once has a state team been rolled for less in the white-ball tournament, South Australia’s 51 all out against Tasmania in Hobart in 2003.
Last summer, Western Australia achieved a rare three-peat of one-day cup titles, but the defending champions started their 2024/25 season with losses to South Australia and New South Wales.
The Tigers are chasing a 54-run target for victory.
Lowest team totals in Australian domestic one-day cup
51 – South Australia vs TAS in Hobart, 2003
53 – Western Australia vs TAS in Perth, 2024
59 – Western Australia vs VIC in Melbourne, 1969
59 – CA XI vs NSW in Sydney, 2015
